Virgin Records
Jay Sean's musical career began when the first song he had written, "One Minute", was passed on by friends and eventually landed in the hands of British Asian producer, Rishi Rich. After hearing the demo, Rich asked Jhooti to come to the studio, and asked him to perform in front of his managers, 2Point9 management.
After he dropped out of studying medicine at Barts & and LondonThe London School of Medicine and Dentistry in East London where he had been for two years, Jhooti together with music producer, Rishi Rich and Punjabi Singer, Juggy during the summer of 2003, started to work on material.
As Jay Sean developed his musical sound, he expressed his love for R&B music, which shaped his unique blend of Desi rhythms, R&B and Hip-Hop. His first taste of UK chart success was with his collaboration with Rishi Rich. The song, "Dance With You (Nachna Tere Naal)" became a top twenty hit. His first solo single proper, "Eyes on You", quickly followed and it became a top ten hit, peaking at number six. His third single "Stolen", became his biggest hit to date, peaking at number four. Following this, his debut album Me Against Myself was released to much critical praise and acclaim.
Jay Sean has also been a big hit overseas in India. The album was a commercial success not only in the UK but abroad as well, Me Against Myself became a substantial hit, selling more than two million copies, as well as making a brief appearance in the Bollywood flick 'Kya Kool Hai Hum', providing the song "Dil Mera (One Night)" to the soundtrack (a music video accompanied the song's appearance).
[edit] Split from label
In February 2006, he left his label, Virgin Records, partly due to his Hip Hop style influencing his labels other desires. This delayed the release of his second album, which will now be released, in May 2008, as a joint venture between his own label Jayded and 2Point9 records.
[edit] Jayded Records
Jay Sean returned in late 2007 with the video for "Ride It", the first single from his second album "My Own Way" (originally provisionally titled Deal With It), due for release in March 2008. The video for the single was shot on the 12 August 2007 in the central London nightclub Mo*Vida. On 28 September 2007, the video was exclusively available to watch on 3G mobile handsets and on 9 October 2007 was officially released to the internet by 2Point9 Records. The new video featured Jay Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years.
"Ride It" was originally due for release in December, 2007 but due to major radio stations offering to playlist the track if it was pushed back until early 2008, the single release was pushed back to 14 January 2008, eventually being released on 21 January 2008. "Ride It" produced by Alan Samson became Song of the Week on London's Kiss 100 Radio on 10 December 2007 and was also playlisted on Capital FM, Choice FM, Galaxy, BBC 1xtra and being featured on BBC Radio 1's B-list. It reached the number 1 spot on MTV's The Base Chart Show. As for now, the only songs available on the US Itunes are Dil Mera, Push It Up (Aaja Kurieh ft. Juggy D), Meri Jaan(ft Juggy D), Murder(ft Thara), and his Ride It EP. The "Eyes on You" music video is also available. However, his other albums are not available yet on the US Itunes.
At the 2008 UK AMA Awards, Jay Sean walked away with double honors after being presented with the 2008 - UK Asian Music Award for both Best Video (Ride It) and Best Urban Act. He went on to perform 'Ride It' and his next single, 'Maybe' to the assembled crowds at the Royal Festival Hall on Southbank, in London.[1]
In Jay Sean's new album, two songs also appear on the featured artist's album; "Stuck in the Middle" featuring Jared Cotter is titled "He Can't Love You" by Cotter, and Thara also shares the same song, "Murder" on her album released on iTunes.
Jay Sean also later performed at The Love Music Hate Racism festival in Victoria park,London to a crowd of around 100,000.
[edit] Personal life
Jay attended a private boys school and went on to win a place at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry in London to train as a doctor. After two years Jay Sean secured a one million pounds record deal and dropped out to pursue his musical career
Sunday, May 4, 2008
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